Mine detail: San Francisco Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.51853, -77.09003

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1948

Geology

Host rock:	Jumasha Limestone;
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Folded And Faulted Sedimentary Rocks With Steeply Dipping Axial Planes Trending Nw, Intrusive Dike Or Sill At Least 20 Meters Thick, Traceable 600 Meters
Tectonic:	Andes
Alteration processes:	Limestone And Intrusive Rock Are Pyritized In Places.

References

MRDS	W031412
DEP	10080298
Reference	{Deposit:: BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1017, 166 P}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: BODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).}
Reporter	Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.), Page, Norman J.